Improvement in clod-fenders



SEEGER, LOVELESS & THROP.

Plow Fender.

Patented June. 221869.

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GEORGEISEEGER, JAMES W. 'LOVELESS, AND JOSEPH W. THROP,

i OF CLARKS HILL, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 91,7

77, dated June 22, 1869.

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T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, Gnonen Snnonn, JAMES W. LOVELESS, and JOSEPH W.THnoP,-of'Olai-ks Hill, in the county of Tippecanoe, and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Olod- Fenders;and we (lo-hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents aperspective view of our improved clod-fender, attached to the beam of aplow;

Figure 2, a side elevation of the same, the red lines indicating how thefender may move up and down on the rear arm of the bar. from which it issuspended; and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the same.

Corresponding letters refer to corresponding parts in said figures.

Our invention relates to that class of devices called clod-fenders; and

Our improvements consist-in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

The following description will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use our improved device.

A, in the drawings, represents the frame of the fender, which may bemade of strong wire or cast-iron, aspreferred. It is provided with anumber of crossbars a a,at suitable distances from each other,forming agreat. It has a semi-oval form, and when attached to the beam of a plow,its roundedportion slides over-the ground. Its straight portion isprovided with lugs a and 4 by which it is suspended from the arms of theslotted bar B, hereafter to he described, the lug a, which is near thefront end, extending upwards, while th lug a, which is near the middleof such straight portion, extends from it, in a horizontal direction, ashort distance, and is then bent upwards, its eye, which receives thereararm of the slotted bar, being in its horizontal portion.

B represents the slotted bar, which is secured across the beam of a plowby a clip, and can be moved to and from the same, by means of its slot1). On one end it is forked, forming the two arms I) and b extendingdownwards at about a right angle to it, the distance between their endsbeing the same as that between the lugs on the frame of the fender. Thearm I) has a hookon its end, which hooks in the eye of the lug a. Thearm I) is somewhat longer than the other one, and its end is curved insuch a manner, that when passed through the eye of lug a, it will allowthe fender to move and up down on it a short dis-' tance, the hooks ofarm I) being the centre of oscillation. The extreme end of arm I) isbent outwards a little, so as to prevent its becoming disengaged easilyfrom the fender. It will be seen that the fender is held in a verticalposition and prevented from having any but an up-and-down motion, by thevertical portion of lug a which lies on the arm I). Y

0 represents theelip, by which the slotted bar is attached to a plow.embracing three sides of the plow-beam, and its jaws extending upward-sthrough the slot in the bar B. Its

shorter. jaw has at its end a cross-bar, which prevents it from passingentirely through the slot, and lies acrossv the face of the bar B, whileits longer jaw is provided with a screw-thread to receive a thumb-nut,which, when screwed down, clamps the bar securely to the upper side ofthe plow-beam.

It is intended to attach the fender, by the means above described, to aplow, when the same is used for cultivating corn or other grain, 860.,planted in rows, and its object is to prevent clods from falling on theyoung shoots and breaking them.

To this end, it is attached opposite the mould-board, in such a mannerthat it is between the same and the row of corn, to which the earth isthrown up.

Its rounded portion slides over the ground, working up and down as itmeets obstructions on the same.

Having thus'described our invention,

\Vhat we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The frame A, with cross-bars ca, and lugs a a, forming the fender,substantially as shown and described.

'2. The combination of the frameA, bar B, with arms I) and b and clip G,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification, inthe presence/of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE SEEGER.

JAMES W LOVELESS. J W. THROP.

.Witnesses Ormnnns WRIGHT, J. G. FULLER.

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